Attachment for curtain or drapery rods



March 2 7, 195

E. J. HUSARIK ATTACHMENT FOR CURTAIN OR DRAPERY RODS Filed Sept. 14, 1949 I n rel/tor fa'ward J. Husar/k 4 ttomeys Patented Mar. 27, 1951 2 545 501 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC I 2,546,601 ATTACHMENT FOR CURTAIN on DRAPERY RODS Edward J. Husarik, Everett, Wash. Application September 14, 1949, Serial No. 115,601

4 Claims. (Cl. 223105) relates to an attachment for rods to facilitate the application of curtains or draperies to the same.

This invention pertains to similar subject matter and is an improvement on the curtain rod attachment shown in the patent to Appleyard, No. 1,859,439, issued May 24, 1932. The latter discloses a guide housing having a pair of spring prongs extending from the housing for engaging a curtain rod. It has been found in practice that the device has been difiicult to apply to curtain rods in that the prong must be squeezed together before the curtain rod will be received in the housing, and that the prongs engage relatively small areas of the curtain rods so that retention of the housing on the curtain rod is uncertain. The present invention overcomes these difficulties in that the spring employed has its ends received in the housing, whereby instead of impeding the insertion of a curtain rod into a housing, the body of the spring tends to guide the curtain rod into the same, while increasing the contact area be tween the spring and the curtain rod to insure frictional engagement therebetween.

The primary object of this invention is to enable a person to efiicaciously insert a curtain rod through the fold of a curtain for supporting the same.

Another important object of this invention is to permit a curtain rod to be threaded through the fold of a curtain without injuring the curtain.

A meritorious feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a W-shaped spring which has its ends within the guide housing, the body of which guides a curtain rod into the guide housing.

Other important features reside in the housing being cut away to facilitate disengagement, the means, by which the spring is secured to the housing and in the simplicity and inexpensive construction of the device.

These, together with various ancillary features and objects of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the present invention, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the present invention applied to a curtain rod and having the same as used to guide a curtain rod in the fold of a curtain, the curtain rod being shown in transverse section illustrating it conventional construction;

Figure 2 is a front elevational View of the pres- This invention curtain or drapery wards the inner sides of the side walls ent invention showing the same applied to one end of a curtain rod, portions of the curtain rod being shown in section and concealed portions of the spring being shown in dotted outline to show the disposition of the same; and,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the present invention.

Reference is now made more specifically through the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views, and in which the numeral Ill indicates the attachment or curtain rod guide generally. The guide I 0 comprises an open ended housing, front and rear faces I 2 and I4 respectively, which are connected along the sides by curved side walls It and end in the various views, the end wall !8 is rounded and smoothly convex for reasons that will later become apparent.

As will be readily apparent in Figures 1 and 2, the housing is adapted to receive one end of a curtain rod 2%, which customarily comprises a web 22 and curved flanges 24. It will be understood that the guide li when placed on the end of the curtain rod 20, will provide a virtual extension of the curtain rod 20, that is smooth and rounded so that the curtain rod may be easily passed through the fold 26 of a, curtain 28, the rounded contours of the guide ill serving to dilate the fold 26 for easy and non-injurious passage of the curtain rod 28 therethrough. Means is provided for slidingly guiding the curtain rod 20 into the guide it and for the frictional retention of the same in the guide It. These means comprise substantially W-shaped spring wire 30 having outer legs 32. The central apex 34 of the spring member 30 is preferably secured to an eyelet 38 formed by a portion of the rear face l4 being inturned. The spring member 3!! is tensioned so that the sides of the legs 32 adjacent the outer ends thereof are urged outwardly to- IE so as to frictionally engage the flanges 2d of a curtain rod 29 therebetween. It is to be noted that the portions of the legs 32 extending outwardly from the guide It are forwardly converging so as to be readily received between the flanges 24 and to constitute a guide therefor when placing the guide it on the curtain rod 28.

A portion of the front face 52 of the guide I 0 is cut away as at 38 to permit easy attachment of the spring member 38 to the eyelet 35 in manufacture and for a reason to be set forth hereinafter.

. In Figure 1 the curtain rod 20 is shown as inwall [8. As shown .to form an eyelet, said a serted in the guide It with the web 22 adjacent the rear face I l of the guide I0, however, it will be readily appreciated that the curtain rod 26 may be inserted in the guide it! with the web 22 adjacent the front face 12 equally as readily, and when in the latter position the front face l2 being cut away as at 38 permits the insertion of a finger whereby the web 22 may be engaged to facilitate the removal of the guide Hi from the curtain rod 2!).

It will be evident from the preceding that the attachment herein disclosed possesses the advantages of including a single member for guiding a curtain rod into the guide and retaining the same within the guide, which will be highly emcient for the purposes intended and that may be readily and easily removed for use upon another curtain rod.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specification and accompanying drawings, is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, but all suitable modifications and equivalents may be re sorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A curtain rod pilot comprising a housing open at one end for slidingly receiving an end of a curtain rod, and a substantially W-shaped spring member received Within and secured at its central apex to said housing adapted for yieldingly engaging a curtain rod received within said housing, the spring member having ends extending in smoothly diverging relation into said housing, said housing having front and rear faces, a portion of said rear face being inturned spring member surroundto said eyelet, and said for permitting the ining and being secured front face being cut away sertion of a finger.

will be readily understood iii) 2. The combination of a hollow curtain rod and a detachable guide slidingly received on the end of said curtain rod, said guide comprising a housing having front and rear faces, a substantially iv-shaped spring member in said housing yieldingly engaging said curtain rod and which member includes a gently tapered portion extending from the housing, the rear face of said housing being inturned to form an eyelet, said spring member surrounding and being secured at its central apex to said eyelet, and said front face of said housing being cut away to permit the insertion of a finger for removing said guide from said curtain rod.

3. A curtain rod pilot comprising a housing open at one end for slidably receiving an end of a curtain rod, a substantially W-shaped spring having free ends extending in diverging relation into the housing and biased against opposite sides thereof, and means securing the central apex of the spring to the housing.

4. A curtain rod pilot comprising a housing open at one end for slidably receiving an end of a curtain rod, a substantially W-shaped spring having free ends extending in diverging relation into the housing and biased against opposite sides thereof, and means securing the central apex of the spring to the housing comprising said housing being inturned to form an eyelet with the apex of the spring looped about the same.

EDWARD J. HUSARIK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 468,633 Assorati Feb. 9, '1892 785,685 Thurlow Mar. 21, 1905 1,281,904 Brell Oct. 15, 1918 1,810,207 Hart June 16, 1931 1,859,489 Appleyard May 24, 1932 

